1. يَهْنَا المعالي قدومٌ منكَ ميمونُ

    سُرَّ الوجودُ به والملكُ والدينُ

    Your auspicious arrival gladdens the heights of glory.

    All existence rejoiced in it, as did sovereignty and faith.

  2. كادتْ لأجلكَ أنْ تُعطي البشيرَ به

    فتورَ أعينهنّ الخرّدُ العينُ

    For your sake, they nearly gave its herald

    the languor of their eyes—the shy, wide-eyed maidens.

  3. وودَّ كلُّ مُحبٍّ لو حَبَاهُ بما

    حواهُ قيصرُ أو ما حاز قارونُ

    And every lover wished to bestow upon him what

    Caesar possessed, or what Qarun amassed.

  4. وماست السُّمرُ وافترَّتْ لذاك ثغور

    البيض وارتعَدَتْ منه الفراعين

    The brown lances swayed, and at this smiled the mouths

    of gleaming swords, while the pharaohs trembled at it.

  5. وكادت الأرض تيهاً أن تميد بنا

    لو لم يكنْ فَوقَها مِنكمْ أَسَاطينُ

    The earth nearly swayed with us in pride,

    had there not been pillars from among you upon it.

  6. وفاخَرتْ بكَ بغداداً أزالُ وقدْ

    وافى إليها أمينٌ منكَ مأمونُ

    Through you, Azal boasted over Baghdad, for

    a faithful, trusted one from you had come to her.

  7. وتاهتِ الأرض مُذ وافيتَ وافتخرتْ

    بوطي نعلِك حتى الماء والطينُ

    The earth has exulted since you arrived and taken pride,

    even its water and clay, in the tread of your sandal.

  8. حَمَى حماها هزبرٌ منك مفترسٌ

    وصارمٌ من سيوف الله مسنونُ

    In you, a ravening lion has guarded her sanctuary,

    and a sharpened blade among the swords of God.

  9. وافيتَ في يوم سعدٍ زدتَه شرفاً

    فكلّ مَاردٍ نحْسٍ فيه مسجونُ

    You arrived on a day of good fortune, adding to its honor;

    so every ill-omened demon is imprisoned on it.

  10. يوم الغدير الذي فيه لحيدرةٍ

    على إمامتِه نصُّ وتبيينُ

    The day of Ghadir, when Haydara's

    appointment as imam was expressly declared and explained.

  11. ولاّه أحمدُ عن أمرٍ أتاهُ بهِ

    عن الإِله أمينُ الله جبرينُ

    Ahmad appointed him by a command brought to him

    from God by God's trusted one, Jibrin.

  12. رحَلتَ عن دار ملكٍ أنت بهجتَها

    فكلّ قلبٍ إلى أن عدتَ محزونُ

    You departed the royal abode whose delight you are,

    and every heart was sorrowful until you returned.

  13. ندعو لك اللهَ في حلّ ومرتحلٍ

    وللسَّعادةِ والإقبال تأمينُ

    We pray to God for you, at rest and on the road,

    and good fortune and prosperity say, 'Amen.'

  14. وعدت لا شاكياً وغُثَ الرحيلِ ولا

    في صفقة المجدِ والعلياء مغبونُ

    And you returned, complaining of no hardship of travel, nor

    cheated in the bargain of glory and high distinction.

  15. لكَ السيوف اللّواتي لا يفارقها

    أنّا قصدتَ بها نصرٌ وتمكينُ

    Yours are the swords from which there never part

    victory and dominion, wherever you direct them.

  16. لكَ الرماحُ اللّواتي لا يزالُ لها

    مُذْ أُشرعتْ من عداةِ الدين مطعونُ

    Yours are the lances that have always had,

    since they were leveled, a pierced enemy of the faith.

  17. لكَ العلوم اللَّواتي لا تمدّ بها

    إلاّ وغاضَ حياءُ منك سَيْحون

    Yours is the learning you never pour forth

    without Sayhun ebbing in shame before you.

  18. لكَ الحلومُ اللّواتي كاد ثاقبها

    يرى الذّي في ضمير الكون مخزونُ

    Yours is the wisdom whose piercing insight almost

    sees what lies hidden in the universe's heart.

  19. لكَ العَطَايا اللّواتي بانَ مُذْ ظهرتْ

    بها على فضلك الجمّ البراهينُ

    Yours are the gifts: since they first appeared,

    clear proofs of your abundant excellence have shone through them.

  20. للهِ فيكَ إراداتٌ حباكَ بها

    ربُّ الأنام وسرٌّ فيك مكنونُ

    God has purposes in you, with which you were favored

    by the Lord of humankind; within you is a hidden secret.

  21. أبوكَ طه نَبيُّ الله كانَ وما

    لآدم في ضمير الكون تكوينُ

    Your forefather Taha was God's prophet when

    Adam had not yet been formed in the universe's depths.

  22. وحيدرٌ قاتل الأَحزاب منتهبُ

    الأَلبابِ صُنو رسول الله هارون

    And Haydar, slayer of the confederates, ravisher

    of minds, the Messenger of God's counterpart—Harun.

  23. قُلْ لِلْموالين عزّوا ما بدا لَكُمُ

    ولِلْمعادين مَهْمَا شِئتم هُونوا

    Tell the loyal: 'Be exalted as much as you please,'

    and your enemies: 'Be abased however you wish.'

  24. قد أطْلعَتْ غابة الإِقبال ليثَ شرى

    مرامه بقرين السَّعدِ مقرونُ

    The forest of good fortune has brought forth a lion of Shara,

    whose aim is joined to the companion of good fortune.

  25. وقَدْ بدا في بروج اليُمنِ نجمُ عُلىً

    تُرمَى به من أعاديه الشياطين

    A star of eminence has appeared in the constellations of good fortune,

    with which the devils among his enemies are pelted.

  26. وقد تربّعَ في دستِ العُلَى مُلكٌ

    شَهمٌ له طائرٌ في الملكِ ميمونُ

    And a king has taken his seat upon the throne of eminence,

    noble-hearted, whose omen in kingship is auspicious.

  27. وقد نَحا قِبْلةَ العَليا إمامُ تقىً

    برٌّ به قام مفروضٌ ومسنونُ

    An imam of piety has turned toward eminence's qibla,

    righteous, through whom duties and prophetic practice stand firm.

  28. وقد رقي منبر الإحسان مُخْتَطِبٌ

    لَه من الله تسديدٌ وتلقينُ

    A preacher has ascended the pulpit of beneficence,

    granted right guidance and instruction by God.

  29. وقد أقامَ قِوامَ الملك من أودٍ

    بهِ فعادَ إليهِ العَدْلُ واللّينُ

    He has set right the crooked frame of kingship,

    and so justice and gentleness have returned to it.

  30. حَلَّى الإِلهُ به جِيدُ العُلَى فلَهُ

    منهُ مدى الدّهرِ تزيينٌ وتحسينُ

    God has adorned eminence's neck with him; it gains

    from him adornment and beauty for all time.

  31. ملكٌ أغرّ حَوى ما كَأن مِن قدمٍ

    عليه آباؤُهُ الغرّ الميامينُ

    A radiant king, encompassing what, of old,

    his radiant, auspicious forefathers had upheld.

  32. نادَى المعاليَ فانْقادَتْ لطاعتِه

    ودَانَ منها لَه الأَبكارُ والعُونُ

    He called to the heights of glory, and they yielded to his command;

    their virgins and mature women submitted to him.

  33. تُصبيه في الحَرْب أسيافُ مهنَّدَةٌ

    يسيلُ منها على أعدائِه الهوْنُ

    In war, swords of Indian steel captivate him,

    from which humiliation pours upon his enemies;

  34. وأسمرٌ ليِّنُ الأعطافِ مُعتَدلٌ

    وسابريٌّ عظيم السِّرد موضونُ

    and a brown lance, supple of shaft and straight,

    and a Sabiri coat of mail, strongly linked and closely woven.

  35. يا طالبَ الرزقِ لا تقصد سواه ففي

    يديه رزقكَ مكفولٌ ومضمونُ

    O seeker of livelihood, seek none but him, for in

    his hands your livelihood is assured and guaranteed.

  36. ويا أخا السَّعي يَمِّمْ يَمَّ راحتِه

    وقرَّ عَيْناً ففيه العَينُ لا النّونُ

    And, O man of striving, make for the sea of his palm,

    and let your eye rejoice: it holds gold, not fish.

  37. لَه المكارمُ طبعاً فيه قد خُلِقَتْ

    وهنّ في غيرهِ وهمٌ وتظْنينُ

    Noble qualities are his by nature, created within him;

    in anyone else they are illusion and mere conjecture.

  38. يا مَن به تفخَر الدُّنيا إذا افتخَرتْ

    ومَن بذكر اسْمِه تُزهَى الدَّواوينُ

    O you in whom the world takes pride whenever it boasts,

    and whose name's mention adorns the books of verse,

  39. إليكها مدحةً تعنو لِبَهْجتِها

    زُهْر الكواكب لا وردٌ ونسرينُ

    here is a panegyric for you, to whose splendor bow

    the radiant stars, not roses and eglantine.

  40. مرقومةٌ لم تحكْ شبهاً لها عَدَنٌ

    ولا حكى نَشرَها المسكيِّ دارينُ

    An embroidered poem whose like Aden has never woven,

    nor has Darin matched its musky fragrance.

  41. قضى به العبدُ حقّاً من ثناكَ وإنْ

    يقلّ عندك منثورٌ وموزونُ

    With it, your servant has fulfilled a duty of praising you, though

    prose and metrical verse fall short before you.

  42. لكِن إضافة ودِّ فيك ثابتةٍ

    لم يسْعَ في قطعها مذ كان تنوينُ

    Yet the genitive bond of love for you is firm;

    nunation has never, since its birth, sought to sever it.

  43. وما يكونُ مديحي فيكمُ ولَقدْ

    أثنَى على فضلكم طه وياسينُ

    And what can my praise of you amount to, when

    Taha and Ya-Sin have already praised your excellence?

  44. يذُلُّ كلُّ عزيزٍ عندَ عزّكمُ

    وكلُّ غايةِ فَوقِ عندكم دُونُ

    Every mighty one is humbled before your might,

    and every utmost height is low beside you.

  45. عشْ عُمر نوحٍ على رغم الحسودِ فما

    بقيتَ لم يبقَ في الأَرضين مِسْكينْ

    Live as long as Nuh, despite the envious, for as long as

    you live, no pauper will remain throughout the lands.